fire lily en · NOUN
Meanings
- The orange lily.
- A flowering plant of the amaryllis family, in the genus Cyrtanthus, native to southern Africa.
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Synonym of flame lily (“Gloriosa lily whose petals look like wisps of flame”).
Gloriosa (climbing lily, creeping lily, fire lily, flame lily , gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily)[…]
2019 February 14, Michael Allaby, A Dictionary of Plant Sciences, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:Gloriosa Lily. (Gloriosa spp.) (Fire Lily, Flame Lily, Creeping Lily, Cat's Claw) […]
2023 October 10, Calvert Crary, The Encyclopedia of Cut Flowers: What Flowers to Buy, When to Buy Them, and How to Keep Them Alive Longer, Black Dog & Leventhal, →ISBN:Red lips like gloriosas […] The more beautiful the gloriosa, the more poisonous […] Love's a gloriosa, […] love so fancy, it's the new vintage, / Fire lilies so orange planted in their hearts […]
(Can we date this quote?), Janvi Bansal, Shades Of Blossom, Unvoiced Heart, page 56:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fire lilies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (1)
fi kaarililja (flowering plant of the genus Cyrtanthus)